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TESTBANK Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing 9th Edition
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TESTBANK Leadership Roles and Management Functionsin Nursing 9th Edition REVISED EXAM PRACTICE GUIDE)
(CONTAINS COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS)
• What does knowledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
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A) Good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
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B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
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C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
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D) Good decision making requires analytical rather than creative
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cprocessesAns: B c c
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Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly
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c sensitive to other people and situations. Left-brain thinkers are typically
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c better at processing language, logic, numbers, and sequential ordering,
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c whereas right-brain thinkers excel atnonverbal ideation and holistic
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c synthesizing.
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• What is the best definition of decision making?
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A) The planning process of management
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B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
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C) One step in the problem-solving process
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D) Required to justify the need for scarce c c c c c c
citemsAns: C
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Decision making is a complex, cognitive process often defined as choosing
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,c a particularcourse of action. Decision making, one step in the problem-
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solving process, is an important task that relies heavily on critical thinking
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c and clinical reasoning skills.
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,• If decision making is triggered by a problem with what does it end?
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A) An alternative problem
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B) A chosen course of action
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C) An action that guarantees success
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D) A restatement of the
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solutionAns: B
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A decision is made when a course of action has been chosen. Problem
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c solving is part ofdecision making and is a systematic process that focuses
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c on analyzing a difficult situation. Problem solving always includes a
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cdecision-making step. c
• Why do our values often cause personal conflict in decision making?
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A) Some values are not realistic or healthy
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B) Not all values are of equal worth
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C) Our values remain unchanged over time
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D) Our values often collide with one
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canotherAns: D c c
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Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of
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c thinking will influence a person's decision making. No matter how objective
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cthe criteria will be, valuejudgments will always play a part in a person's
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c decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
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• Which statement is true concerning critical thinking?
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A) It is a simple approach to decision making
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, B) It is narrower in scope than decision making
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C) It requires reasoning and creative analysis
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D) It is a synonym for the problem-solving
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processAns: C
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Critical thinking has a broader scope than decision making and problem
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c solving. It issometimes referred to as reflective thinking. Critical thinking
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c also involves reflectingupon the meaning of statements, examining the
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c offered evidence and reasoning, and forming judgments about facts.
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